Drawer control for cash-registers.



H. A. MARTIN. DRAWER CONTROL FOR CASH REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED IULYZB, 1913. Patented May 16, 1916.

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OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER CORPORATION OF OHIO,(INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

. DRAWER CONTROL FOR CASH-REGISTERS.

Application filed July 26, 1913.

lie it kn wn that l, AARON A. MAn'rIX, a citizen of the linited States.residing at Dayton. in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio. haveinvented certain new and lisel ul lmprovements in Drawer Control i'ortaslrltegisters. of which I declare the following t he a lull. clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to multiple totalizer. multiple drawer cashregisters or accounting machines constructed so that the drawers areselectively opened under the control of keys or other manipulative deviees h v operations of the machine. and has part ieular reference tomachines of this type which are adapted to use in handling cash andcredit. transzu'tions.

The nain reason in the past 'l'or having a plurality of drawers attachedto a cash register has heen to provide a drawer for each ('i'tllv' ordepartment. therehy enahling the proprietor. hy comparing the contentsof the drawers with the records in the machine, to place individuallt.s])tlli lllllli for errors and shortages. .\s these registers areusually constructed. eaeh drawer is repre sented on the keyhoard ol' themachine hy a key or a position to which a manipulative device may headjusted and when the regis ter is operated with the corresponding keydepressed or with the maui uilative device adjusted to the properposition. the desired drawer is released. Such registers usually haveprovision for making a record in the machine of all credit transactions.hut the ustomers individual account hooks are usually tiled in aseparate cahinet. Owing to the room that the separate tiling eahinettakes up and other advantages to he gained, it is desirahle to eonstruetthe multiple drawer rahinet attached to the register so that theseindividual account hooks can he tiled in one or a are of the drawers.the number m 'drawers depending upon the numher ot' hooks to he filed.leaving the other drawers to he used in the usual way tor the cash ofthe individual clerks or departments. and ha ving the liling drawers soeonneeted with the drawer releasing mechanism that access can only hehad to them hy operating the maehnie in such a way as to make the properrecord of the trans action in the record retaining devices of themachine. Such a construction would make Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916. Serial No. 781,329.

it desirable to so construct the drawer releasing mechanism that a clerkcan by proper operation of the register, gain access to his. cash draweronly on cash sales, or on credit sales where no money is handled, gainaccess to the proper filing drawer only. In addition to this where moneyis received on account it should he possible to release both the clerkscash drawer and the filing drawer by a single operation of the machine,thereby insuring a proper entry of the transaction in the machine andpermitting the clerk to make the entry in the customers account hook aswell as deposit the money received in his own individual cash drawer.

So far as applicant is aware there has never been a drawer releasingmechanism devised that makes it possible to release the drawers in themanner outlined in the foregoing. and the main object of this inventionis to accomplish the desired results.

The invention is shown as applied to a well known type of machine now onthe market, a complete description of which may he found in the UnitedStates Letters Patent to J. P. (leal and I A. Reinhard, No. 580.378.dated April 13th. 1897, to Thomas Carroll No. 703.639, dated July 1st,1893. and TV. F. Bockhott' X0. 616,866, dated December 27th, 1898.Reference may he made to these patents for a full description of themachine. The patent to Bockhott' referred to shows a machine having aplurality of cash drawers and a main releasing means for same controlledhy a bank of keys. In the present invention this mcchanism is used. Thepatent to Carroll shows and descrihes a multiple totalizer machinehaving a plurality of totalizers carried by a rotatable reel with aditterentially adjustahle lever for rotating the reel to bring anydesired totalizer in operative relation to the actuating n'iechanism. Inthe-present invention a second set of drawer releasing devices is soconnected to this mechanism that adjustment of the lever to bring acertain totalizer into operative relation with theactuators willposition the second set of drawer releasing devices so that the drawercorresponding to thc totalizcr used Will be opened when the machine isoperated.

In the accompanying drawings the reg ister is shown as having two creditdrawers, one for tiling alplnihetically customers account hooks A to Kand the other for the books L to Z. The register can, however, beconstructed with \\'ln lte\'er number of 'such drawers is necessary totake care of the account books. ()ne merchant might need but one drawer.while another would need three or four because of having a larger numberof credit customers. Only two of the clerks cash drawers are shown, asthat number serves to illustrate the working of the .invention. Itshould be understood, however, that the register used for illustrationhas also nine cash drawers, one for each position shown in Figure 6 forthe lever 8 and lettered in the same way, that is A, B, D, E, ll, K, L,M. and K respectively. The credit drawers and the clerks cash drawersare shown in a single tier with the former at the top and all in thesame compartn'ient of the multiple drawer cabinet. It is apparent,however, that this particular alaangement of the drawers is notessential to the successful operation of the improvement and that thedrawers can just as well be arranged in two or more tiers or in separatecompartments so long as any of the many possible variations of theoperating connections to be described later can be used The machine inwhich the present embodiment of the invention is shown is used forillustrative purposes only and it is not the intention to limit itsapplication to any one particular machine or any particular number orarrangement of drawers. or to limit its use to machines for handlingcash and credit transactions. drawers can be used for otherclassifications or the invention might simply be used to increase thenumber of drawers for clerks cash that can be connected to theoperating.

mechanism.

The inventive idea is one that can be embodied in various forms in anumber of other types of registers and accounting mechanisms and be putto a number of other uses. In fact it can be used entirely independentof cash register construction in filing cabinets and similar deviceshaving a plurality of receptacles and manipulative devices for openingthe receptacles when it is desiral'ile to be able to open the receptacles singly or in certain combinations by a single operation of themanipulative de- The two groups of away and shows one feature of theimprove ment. Fig. 2 shows mechanism for positioning the drawerreleasing mechanism by means of a differentially adjustable lever. Fig.3 shows drawer selecting mechanism controlled by a bank of keys. Fig. lis a rear view of the register partly broken away and shows parts of thedrawer releasing mechanism. Fig. 5 is a rear view showing the drawerreleasing mechanism assembled in operative relation to the cash drawers.the drawers being partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a detail showing theleft hand row of keys and the lever controlling the clerks totalizersand cash drawers. Fig. 7 is a detail showing part of an independentdrawer release. Fig. 8 shows plan views of the drawer rel use rods andthe parts assembled thereon. Fig. 9 is a group of details showing theshapes of the drawer controlling elements carried by the rod 29. Fig.ltl is a right side elevation of a register showing the printingmechanism. Fig. ll is a detail strip showing how items are entered onthe same by the printer.

The register shown in the drawings has vertical rows of amount keys, thenumber of rows depending upon the registering capacity desired. a row oftransaction keys and a'lever for rotating a reel (not shown) whichcarries a group of totalixers so as to bring any desired totalizer intooperative relation with the registering mechanism. ln addition to thereel totalizers, each of which adds only transactions registerml with itin operative relation to the. actuating mechanism. a main totalizer isprovided which adds in one grand total all of the cash transactionsregistered in the machine; also a printing mechanism which lists on astrip of paper 65. (Figs. 10 and ll) all of the transactions in theorder in which they are registered with designating characters to showthe class of each transaction. The

machine also has nine drawers only two of which are shown for handlingcash and two drawers in which the customers individual account books canbe filed. F.ach drawer has the usual latch for holding it closed. Drawerreleasing mechanism is provided whi h is so connected with the registeroperating meehanisn'i proper that the drawers can onl be opened by firstoperating the manipulative devices on the keyboard to detern'iine whichdrawers are to be opened and then operating the machine. Power may beapplied by a motor but as shown in the drawings the machine is operatedmanually by means of the usual crank.

The crankl (Fig. 1) has attached to itshnb a. pinion (not shown) meshingwith a large intermediate gear 2 which turns idly on a stub shaft 3fastened in the machine frame. This intermediate gear is in mesh at alltimes with a smaller gear 4 attached to a sha t 5 .emmwwnumww. I

and a gear 1 in turn meshes with a gear fastened to a shaft T. Thesepinions and gears are so plolnil'tioned that when thc crank is turnedtwice the shafts f1 and T are each given a complete rotation. The drawerreleasing mechanism after it has been positioned to release the desireddrawers is operated from the shaft '1' as will be explained in detaillater on.

The invention uses two rotatable drawer release rods both having alimited extent of vertical movement instead of a single rod as shown inthe Bockhotl' patent. llach rod carries lugs or projections forcontrolling the tripping of the drawer latches and each has anindependent mechanism by which it is rotated to bring the controllingelements into operative relation with the latch tripping mechanism ofthe drawers that are to be opened. The rotation of the rod 2! in thedrawings is controlled by the left hand bank of keys shown in Fig. I)and rod 14 is rotated by the differentially adjustable lever shown inFig. 2 used to rotate the totalizer reel of the (,arroll machine.

Referring to Fig. 2, the lever for positioning the reel totalizers andthe drawer releasing mechanism is indicated by the uu meral 8. Rigidwith this lever is a segment 9 which is always in mesh with a spur gear10 attached to a shaft 11. Fastened to this shaft is a bevel gear 12(Fig. l) which is always in mesh with a corresponding bevel gear 13. Thegear 13 is splined on a drawer release rod 14, so that when the lever 8is moved up or down the rod H is turned a corresponding distance but therod is permitted to move longitudinally. In order to make it possible toremove the register from the nudtiple drawer cabinet hoth release rodsare made in two sections and provided with clamps 15 holding thesections together. Fastened to the rod 14 is a finger or extension 16(Figs. Sand 8) for each of the clerks cash drawers 17. These fingers arxarranged spirally around the shaft so that some one of them is at alltimes in calgagcment with its corresponding drawer catch trip lever lband moving the lever 54 to any desired position on the lever way asshown in Fig. ('1, turns the rod 14 so as to bring the correspondingfinger 16 in operative relation to the drawer catch trip lever 18 of thedesired drawer. The axial displacement of the tingers on the rod H isshown by the dotted outlines below a disk 40 in the left view of Fig. 8.Each drawer is held closed by a latch 19 (Figs. 1. 3 and 5) which has ahook engaging a plate 20 fastened to a frame 21 back of the drawers.After the drawer to be released has been selected as just de-- scribed.raising the rod will cause the pivoted trip lever 18 to press the catch19 down out of engagement with the plate 20 and release the drawer sothat it can be thrown open by an ejector spring or any other desiredmean The manner in which the rod is raised will be described later.

Referring to Fig. Z1. a segment 22 is posh tioned differentially underthe control of keys 23 on operations of the ma hine. This differentialmovement is fully explained in thc (leal and Reinhard patent abovementioned. An extension 2f on this segment is always in mesh with a spurgear 2-) rotating on the shaft 11. ltigid with the gear 25 and turningon the same shaft is a bevel gear 27 which is always in mesh with abevcl gear 1% splined on the drawer release rod 2! The differentialmovement of the segment 22 will through these parts rotate the rod 2!and position the devices attached to it in the same manner as justoutlined in connection with the operation of the lever al'tcr which therod is raised to perform its functions. The mechanism for raising theshafts 14 and 25) will next be described. The shaft 2 has (Fig. l) acollar 50 rigidly fas tened to it and the shaft ll has a similar collar31 which is not attached to the rod but is free to move up and down.Between this collar 51 and a lug on a machine frame 32 is a spring 33. Alever 34 pivoted at 33 extends across the rear of the machine under thecollars 3t) and 35 A pitman 36 has a hook at the lower end engaging anotch in the left end of the lever Il-l and at the other end of thepitman is :1 hook 37 (Fig. 1 engaging the shaft 7. astcncd to the shaft7 is a cam 21%. An anti-friction roller 39 fa tened in the upper end ofthe pitman l; rides on the edge of this cam and when the shaft 7 isrotated the cam a ting against the roller 3!) will raise the pitman 3tand lift the end to which it is attached to the lever H. As the collarIl is fastened to the rod 29, that rod will be raised; but the collar 31will simply slide up along the rod 11 and coinpress the spring 3-;without lifting the rod ll. 'hen the rollfltl passes over the point ofthe cam 58 this spring Iii) will return the lever ill to normal andallow the parts lifted by the lever to drop back to their originalpositions.

As indicated above. the rod 14 is not directly connected to theoperating mechanism, but it is raised through the rod 29. The mecl1anism whereby this is accomplished is shown in Fig. 5. it consists ofthe disk ll) attached to the rod ll, a disk ll attached to the rod 2 anda lever 42 which has one end pivoted at 43 to a bracket if attached tothe machine frame and has its free end extending above the disk ll andunder the disk 40. A stlid 45 holds the lever up in the position shown.()n the under side of the lever 42 is an extension.indicated by thedotted outline 46. adapted to be eir gaged on certain kinds ofoperations by the disk 41. When the rod 2) is raised in the raises theclerk's cash drawer represented Cit by whichever position the lever 8 isoccupying at the time will oe released as the corresponding finger 10will be resting in operative relation to its latch trip lever 18.However on a charge operation no clerks cash drawer should he opened,consequently the rod 1lshould not be raised. To provide for this thedisk 41 is cut away at 412 (Fig. 9) so that when either one of the.charge keys is used and the rod 20 rotated by the differential mechanismthe cut' away portion of the disk is brought under the extension 40 ofthe lever 42 and the subsequent raising of the shaft 21' and disk 41will have no ellect upon the lever l2. .\s a result the rod ll is notlifted and no clerk's cash drawer will be opened. 'hen the rod 29 is atthis position. that is, with the cut away portion of the disk restingunder the extension 46 of the lever 42, either a finger 20 or a finger21;. depending upon which of the charge keys was pressed. will be underits particular one of the lovers 4?. 'lhesc levers 47 are similar to thelever 42, but have their free ends resting under the latch trip levers18 for the two charge drawers 4% so that When the shaft :29 is raisedwhichever finger is in operative position at the time will rock itslever 47, thereby operating the latch trip for the charge drawercorresponding to the key pressed.

It will readily be seen that this construction makes it possible to opena charge drawer 48 only or a clerks cash drawer 17 only depending uponwhich of the keys, cash or charge. shown in Fig. (i is pressed. However,this does not fully accomplish all the desired results as when money isreceived on account it is desirable to gain access to the drawercontaining the customefis individual account book and also open theproper clerks cash drawer so that the money received can be depositedtherein. In the herein disclosed construction when a re eeived onaccount transaction is registered the proper clelks cash drawer isreleased in the usual way and.in additiontothis.both the charge drawersare released. This is accomplished by shaping the fingers 20 and 24; sothat. the fingers and the disk 41 will all simultaneously operate theirrespective levers when, the received on account key is used. It is forthis reason that the finger 20 is made double in width and the finger 26made with two extensions. The shape of both of these fingers is bestshown in Fig. 9. The portions of the fingers designated 100 and 101 arethe ones that are brought into play when the keys charge AK and chargeL-Z respectively are depressed. Portions designated by the nu merals102, and 103 and the portion of the disk by the numeral 104 are all inthe same vertical plane and when the received on account key isdepressed the differential mechanism places all three in position to perform their functions and when the rod 29 is raised the portion 102 and103 of the fingers 26 and 26" will operate their levers 47 to releaseboth of the charge drawers and the portion 104 of the disk 41 willoperate the lever 102 to raise the rod 14 and release the cash drawer ofthe clerk who handled the transaction. This enables the clerk to depositthe cash received inhis own drawer and gives him access to thecustomefis account book so that the proper credit can be entered in it.

In order to fully explain the operation of the improvement a summarywill be given of what the parts do during the entry by clerk B of atransaction of each of the five classes indicated by the keys shown inFig. 6 beginning with a paid out transaction. The clerk will first setthe lever 8 at B on the lever index. This rotates the rod 14 so as tobring the proper finger 1G in operative relation to the latch triplever-18 of the 13 cash drawer. The operative position of the finger isindicated by the numeral 10 (Fig. 8). The paid out key is next depressedand the crank 1 turned. The differential mechanism rotates the shaft 29unless it has been left in the paid out position by reason of thepreceding operation having been one for entering a paid out transaction,and when fully set the disk 41 and the fingers attached to the shaft 29will be in the position shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The portion 105 of thedisk 41 will be under the extension 46 on the lever 42. Then when therod 29 is raised the lever 42 will be operated, the rod 14 raised andthe B drawer released. Neither of the fingers attached to the rod 20 isat this time in operative position so the levers W are not affected whenthe rod 29 is raised and consequently no charge drawer is released.\Vhen the received on account key is pressed and the register operatedthe rod 2.) is turned by the differential mechanism so that the portion102 of the finger 20 and the portion 103 of the finger 26. are inengagement with their respective levers 47 while the portion 104 of thedisk 41 is brought into engagement with the lever 42. Consequently whenthe rod 29 is raised both of the levers 47 and the lever 42 are operatedreleasing both of the charge drawers 48 and raising the rod 14 so as torelease the P) clerks cash drawer. \Vhen the charge A K key is pressedand the register operated the rod 29 will be rotated to the nextposition so that the upper half of the cutaway portion 412 (Fig. 9) ofthe disk 41 will be brought under the extension 46 of the lever 42. Atthe same time the portion 100 of the finger 26 will be brought intoengagement with its lever 47 while the cutaway portion of the finger 26will be brought under the extension on its lever 47. Thus it will beseen that only the portion 100 of the finger 26 is in effective positionand when the rod is raised only the corresponding lever 47 will beoperated, releasing the charge A-K drawer. hen the charge LZ key is usedthe rod 29 is rotated one division from the position where it was leftby the charge AK registration. This carries the finger 26 out ofoperative relation to its lever 47 and brings the extension 101 of thefinger 26 into operative relation with its lever 47. At the same timethe disk 41 is turned so that the lower half (Fig. 9) of the cut awayportion 412 of the disk 41 is under the extension 46 of the lever 42.\Vhen the rod 29 is now raised only the lever 47 for the finger 26 willbe operated consequently only the charge L'Z drawer will be released.\Vhen the cash key is used the rod 29 is rotated so as to bring theportion 106 of the disk 41 under the extension 46 of the lever 42. Thisrotation of the rod of course carries both of the fingers 2G and 26" outof operative relation to the levers 47. Consequently when the rod 29 israised only the lever 42 will be operated, thereby raising the rod 14and releasing the clerks cash drawer.

Underlcertain conditions it might be desirable to be able to gain accessto the charge filing drawers without having to operate the registerproper. V here this is the case the devices shown in the accompanyingdrawing may be applied. A lever 52 (Figs. 1 and 7) is provided for eachof the filing drawers. These levers are pivoted on a stud 53 fastened inthe frame of the machine. livotcd to the rear end of each of the loversis a long link 54 extending down back of the drawers. 'lhe lowcrend ofeach link engages a lever 55 pivoted at 56 to the frame 21 with theright end (Fig. 5) extending above the drawer latch 19. Pressing down onthe forward end of one of the levers 52 will raise the link 54 and rockthe lever 55 about its pivot 56 and push its corresponding drawer latch19 out of engagement with the drawer latch plate 20 thereby allowing thedrawer to be ejected by the spring usually provided for that purpose. 7

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to he understoodthat it Is not intended. to com fine the invention to the one form ofembodiment shown and described herein, as it is susceptible ofembodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

\Vhat is claimed is i 1. In a machine of the class described, thecombination with an accounting device the means whereby transactions maybe entered therein according to a predetermined classification,manipulative means for predetermining the classification under which anitem is to be entered, a group of normally inaccessible receptacles,means controlled by said manipulative means for rendering one or more ofsaid receptacles accessible by entering transactions of certain classes,a second group of normally inaccessible receptacles, other manipulativemeans, and means controlled by the last mentioned ma nipulative meansfor rendering the receptacles of the second group accessible, said firstmentioned rendering means being so constructed that the second mentionedrendering means will be ineffective to render one of its receptaclesaccessible, regardless of the operation of the second mentionedmanipulative means, upon the entering of a transaction of a certainclass.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device, of means whereby transactions may be registered inthe accounting device according to a predetermined classification, aplurality of normally inaccessible receptacles, and means whereby butone receptacle may be rendered accessible by entering a transaction of acertain class or only one other receptacle rendered accessible byentering a transaction of a second class or two rendered accessiblesimultaneously by entering a transaction of a third class.

In a machine of the class described, the combination with an accountingdevice in which items may be entered according to a predeterminedclassification, of an operating mechanism for the accounting device,manipulative devices for predetermining the classification under whichan item is to be entered by an operation of said operating mechanism, aplurality of groups of nornially inaccessible receptacles, and meanscontrolled by said manipulative devices whereby the entry of an item ofa certain class will render any desired receptacle of one groupaccessible or the entry of a transaction of another class will renderall of the receptacles in the other group accessible on a singleoperation of the register mecha-' nism.

4. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting evice in which items may be entered according to apredetermined classification, of an operating mechanism for theaccounting mechanism, manipulative devices for predetermining theclassification under which an item is to be entered by operations ofsaid operating mechanism, a plurality of groups of normally inaccessiblereceptacles, and means 'tive means for rendcrin controlled by saidmanipulative devices whereby the entry of an item of a certain classwill render any desired receptacle ofone group accessible, or the entryof a transaction of another class will render any desired receptacle inthe other group accessible, or the entry of a transaction of a thirdclass will render any desired receptacle in one group and a plurality ofthe receptacles in the other group accessible on a single operation ofthe operating mechanism.

5. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device in which items may be entered according to apredetermined classification, of an operating mechanism for theaccounting device, manipulative means for predetermining theclassification under which items are to be entered in the accountingdevice by operations of said operating mechanism, a plurality of groupsof normally inaccessible receptacles, and means controlled by saidmanipulative means whereby only one desired receptacle in either groupcafibe rendered accessible by an operation of the accounting deviceoperating mechanism, or receptacles in both groups rendered accessibleby a single operation of said operating mechanism.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a mainoperating mechanism, of a plurality of receptacles, two classes ofmanipulative means, and means controlled by said manipulative means ofboth classes and means controlled by the manipulative means of one classwhereby the receptacles may be opened singly or in desired combinationsby the operation of the operating mechanism.

7. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anoperating mechanism, of a plurality of groups of normally latchedreceptacles, manipulative devices, and means controlled by saidmanipulative devices whereby a single receptacle in any one of thegroups or a plurality comprising receptacles in each of the groups maybe unlatched by an operation of,the operating mechanism.

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device, of means whereby transactions may be entered in theaccounting device according to predetermined classification,manipulative means for predetermining the classification, under which anitem is to be entered, a normally inaccessible credit receptacle, meanscontrolled by said manipulative means for rendering said receptacleaccessible, a plurality of normally inaccessible cash receptacles,clerks manipulative means, and means controlled by said clerksmanipulaany one of said cash receptacles accessib c, said firstmentioned rendering means being so constructed that the last mentionedrendering means upon the entering of a transaction of a certain classwill be ineffective to render a cash receptacle accessible regardless ofthe manipulation of the clerks manipulative means.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anoperating mechanism, of a plurality of groups of normally lockeddrawers, means for unlocking drawers in either or both groups byoperations of the operating mechanism, and means controlled by theunlocking means for one group whereby the unlocking means for the othergroup may be disabled.

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with aplurality of drawers, of a plurality of releasing devices for saiddrawers, and manipulative means for determining the drawer or drawers tobe opened and controlling connections whereby one of said releasingdevices can be operated by the other releasing device.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with aplurality of drawers, of separate drawer releasing devices, manipulativedevices for determining the drawers to be released, and connectionswhereby the device for releasing certain drawers is operated by thereleasing device for the other drawer.

12. In a machine of the class described, the combination with aplurality of drawers, of a plurality of drawer releasing devices eachcontrolling the releasing of certain drawers. and connections wherebythe operation of one of said drawer releasing devices controls theopening by the other drawer releasing device of its drawers.

13. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anoperating mechanism, of a plurality of groups of drawers with latchesfor holding the drawers closed, an independent device for each group forunlatching the drawers on operations of the operating mechanism,manipulative devices for each group under the control of which theunlatching devices are brought into operative relation to the drawersselected, and means controlled by the manipulative device of one groupfor determining whether or not the other unlatching device is to unlalchthe drawer selected.

11; In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device, of an operating mechanism therefor for enteringtransactions according to predetermined classifications, a plurality ofgroups of normally latched receptacles, a rotatable drawer release rodfor each group having fingers to unlatch said receptacles, means forrotating the rods to bring the fingers into operative relation with thedrawer latches, means for raising one of the rods each time theoperating mechanism is operated, and connections from the la t mcntionedrod to the other rod whereby the second rod may be raised or notaccording to the class of the transaction entered in the registeringdevice by an'operation of the aforesaid operating mechanism.

15. I a machine of the class described, the com ination with a recordingdevice for listing items according to certain classifications, of anoperating mechanism therefor, a plurality of receptacles having a latchfor each receptacle to hold the receptacle closed, a rotatable drawerrelease rod for each group having lugs for tripping said latches, meansfor differentially rotating the rods to bring the lugs into operativerelation to the latches, means for moving one of the rods longitudinallyeach time the operating mechamsm is operated, and connections from thelast mentioned rod to the second rod whereby the second rod may be movedlongitudinally or' not according to the class of the transaction listedin the recording device by an operation of the aforesaid opcratingmech-'anism.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device, of means whereby transactions may be en tered in theaccounting device according to a predetermined classification, clerksmanipulative means, charge and received on account keys, cashreceptacles appropriate to each clerk represented by the clerksmanipulative means, a credit drawer, and means controlled by the clerksmanipulative means and the charge and received on account keys wherebythe desired clerks receptacle is rendered accessible on the entering ofa cash transaction under the control of the clerks mani ative means, aclerks receptacle and the creuit drawer being rendered accessible by theentering of a received on account transaction under the control of theclerks manipulative means and a received on account key, and only thecredit drawer rendered accessible under the control of the charge key bythe entering of a charge transaction regardless of the manipulation ofthe clerks manipulative means.

1.. In a machine of the class described, the combination with anaccounting device, of means whereby transactions may be entered in theaccounting device according to a predetermined classification, clerksmanipulative means, charge keys, a received on account key, normallyinaccessible cash receptacles appropriate to the clerks reprcsented bythe clerks manipulative means, a plurality of normally inaccessiblecredit receptacles, and means controlled by said clerks manipulativemeans and said keys whereby the desired clerks receptacle is renderedaccessible under the control of the clerks manipulative means on theentering of a cash transaction, only the credit receptacles beingrendered accessible under the control of. the charge keys, regardless ofthe manipulation of the clerks manipulative means, by the entering of acharge transaction, and a desired clerk's receptacle and a desiredcredit receptacle rendered accessible under the control of the receivedon account key and the clerks manipulative means on the entering of areceived on account transaction.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HAAKON A. MARTIN. Witnesses:

R. C. GLAss, CARL BEUST.

